Buccos Cove

So far in a little over a year on the job, Ben Cherington has given the Pirate's Top Prospect list a complete overhaul. He is sticking to his word from day one as he stockpiles talent in an effort to bring a winner back to Pittsburgh. Since taking over as General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates back in November of 2019, Ben Cherington has said that he plans to stockpile talent and then develop them into Major Leaguers. It is a little more than a year later and Cherington has stuck to his guns and completely flipped the Pirates farm system. Because of his work, the Pirates were named the third most improved farm system in Major League baseball and had four prospects appear as part of Baseball America's Top 100 prospects list. As a small-market team, the Pirates can't afford to go out and make a splash ok a huge free agent. The model they have to follow to be successful is to find and develop talent and then trade them when they are at their maximum value to kee...

One of the biggest trade rumors that swirled around during their Winter Meetings was a Pirates/Yankees rumor. Jameson Taillon and Josh Bell were rumored in the trade and we look at what it means in the aftermath. The Major League Baseball Winter Meetings is normally the time of year when the "Hot Stove" kicks into high gear. General Managers and team personnel from all 30 Major League teams usually meet at one location, bringing on a flurry of rumors and buzz. While the meetings were held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the country, there was still no shortage of rumors and buzz. One of those rumors involved a blockbuster deal between the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was unclear how serious talks between the two teams were, but the rumor involved two stars from the rebuilding Pittsburgh Pirates organization. According to reports, the Pirates and Yankees apparently discussed a deal that would involve Jameson Taillon and ...